[stevenhuang]

The problem specifically is that people like living in cities because that's where all the opportunity is. And cities are still growing.

If that isn't addressed, fine, then that means the only solution is to plan and zone for higher density.

If the qualities that make large metros pleasant places to live are distributed more evenly across the whole of a country, such that places in the "middle of nowhere" are desirable, then the current affordability crisis wouldn't be so dire and we wouldn't need to be forced to make drastic changes in policy.

[michaelmrose]

The thing that makes it more desirable IS other people and the inherent economy in being able to reach so many more of them in the same area. These areas tend towards being areas that are presently near hubs of travel and transportation something that has been true for thousands of years. None of this is going to change.